MY SOUL

I am
what I am
and
I dare try
not to be
your perception
of me

I am
what you see
and
I dare try
not to be
your conception
of me

I am
what I am
and
I dare try
not to deceive
your impression
of me

I am me

a being
from within
not just the flesh
of my skin
nor the lines
on my shell

I am me

and inside
I must dwell
in my own
private hell